Norma Bengell
Biography
Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 1935 – Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 2013) was a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, producer, singer and songwriter.
Considered one of the greatest muses of Brazilian cinema and theater in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Norma began her career in the early 1950s, being launched into the artistic world through revue theater by producer Carlos Machado. She acted in 64 films during her career, several of them in Europe.
Filmography
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
- No poster
J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio
2015
as Ela mesma
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Dzi Croquettes
2009
as Self
As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
2008
as Apresentadora
- No poster
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2007
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
as Self
Banquete
2002
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato
1993
as Gertrudes
The Colour of His Destiny
1987
as Laura
Fonte da Saudade
1987
Eternamente Pagu
1987
as Elsie Houston
No Tempo de Glauber
1987
Running Out of Luck
1987
as Lola
The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
1987
Tensão no Rio
1984
as Dona Dolores
O Filho Adotivo
1984
as Maria Rosa
Tabu
1983
as Madame Xavier
Rio Babilonia
1982
as Solange
Nuclear Shelter
1981
as Lix
Eros, the God of Love
1981
as Ada
The Age of the Earth
1980
as Amazon Queen